Exaggerated: The author creates Lance, a character who is interested in technology; the author intends for him to be treated horribly by every other character (even his own friends and family) and everything bad happens to him.

Downplayed: Lance has an interest in technology, and is teased a few times because of it.

Justified: Lance belongs to an objectively distasteful group of people who would be difficult or impossible to treat sympathetically.

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